| 10th San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards (2011) |
| Best Picture: |
| The Tree of Life |
| Best Director: |
| Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life |
| Best Actor: |
| Gary Oldman - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy |
| Best Actress: |
| Tilda Swinton - We Need to Talk About Kevin |
| Best Supporting Actor: |
| Albert Brooks - Drive |
| Best Supporting Actress: |
| Vanessa Redgrave - Coriolanus |
| Best Original Screenplay: |
| Margin Call - J. C. Chandor |
| Best Adapted Screenplay: |
| Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan |
| Best Cinematography: |
| The Tree of Life - Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Best Foreign Language Film: |
| Certified Copy (Copie conforme) • France |
| Best Documentary: |
| Tabloid |
| Best Animated Feature: |
| Rango |
| Marlon Riggs Award (for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community): |
| National Film Preservation Foundation, in recognition of for its work in the preservation and dissemination of endangered, culturally significant films |
| Special Citation (for under-appreciated independent cinema): |
| The Mill and the Cross |